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Grid Series
1. Red and White Grid, 2006, mixed mediums on canvas, 66" x 72"
2. Gray Grid 1, 2006, mixed mediums on canvas, 54" x 64"
3. Gray Grid 2, 2006, mixed mediums on canvas, 72" x 66"
4. Untitled 630, 2006, mixed mediums on canvas, 48" x 48"
5. Untitled 647, 2006, mixed mediums on canvas, 54" x 72"
6. Untitled 650, 2005, mixed mediums on canvas, 48" x 64"
7. Installation photograph, 2005
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Topography Series
1. Untitled 640, 2006, mixed mediums on canvas,12" x 24"
2. Untitled 637, 2006, mixed mediums on canvas,12" x 24"
3. Untitled 641, 2006, mixed mediums on canvas,12" x 24"
4. Untitled 632, 2006, mixed mediums on canvas,12" x 12"
5. Untitled 633, 2006, mixed mediums on canvas,12" x 24"
6. Untitled 636, 2006, mixed mediums on canvas,30" x 40"
7. Installation photograph, 2005, wood assemblage and video
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Artist Statement
This new work continues my exploration into how nature and humankind coexist and clash.
Like many artists today I work in a number of different media. For the last few years I have been making videos as well as paintings. Video is created using high tech digital hardware and software and I find it very stimulating and satisfying. But, I feel that the more advanced our technology gets, the stronger the case for making non-objective paintings that exploit paints natural, low tech qualities.
The surfaces I am making are growing increasingly thick and crusty. I have developed a method of using gesso as an important painting medium, not simply as a primer. I apply it using tools that I make and avoid direct mark making by letting fluid colors move and mix and behave the way that paint does naturally.
Most of the work is horizontal in format. Many are similar to the 16:9 aspect ratio used in movies and new wide format televisions. The space is both deep and flat. Color plays a major role, but each individual painting usually consists of a limited number of colors from the same family.
Technology does play a hand in the paintings. The inspiration to do this work comes from seeing the earth from high above, seated on jets and looking at pictures that I have seen from spacecraft and satellite maps.
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Education
2003
Penn State, Abington, PA
1993-1994
The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1991-1992
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1975-1979
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
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Residencies
2006
International Turning Exchange, Photojournalist (video), Philadelphia, PA |
Lectures and Talks
2006
Panelist, Global Creative Economy Summit, Park Hyatt Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
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Awards and Honors
2004-2005
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Special Opportunity Stipend
2002
Claire Breheme Memorial prize, Abington Annual, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
1996
First place: Painting, Art of the State 1996, State Museum of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA |
Selected Bibliography
2006
Strauss, R. B., “October calls its own inside”, Weekly Press, Philadelphia, PA, October 2006
Ashley, Chris, “Interview with Vincent Romaniello” Look, See, September 25, 2006
Rice, Robin, "One Good Turn", City Paper, 10 August 2006
Fabbri, Anne, “Order(ed)”, Art Matters, June, 2006
Kravetz, Deborah, “Old City Preview”, Art Matters, May 2006
Rosof, Libby, "Order(ed)", artblog, May 17, 2006
2005
Sozanski, Edward, “Partners in art”, Philadelphia Inquirer, 21 October 2005
Hill, Lori, “Gallery Siano” City Paper, 6-12 October 2005
Rosof, Libby, "Networks rule First Friday blitz", artblog, October 9, 2005
Fallon, Roberta, "Urban voices and videos", artblog, September 30, 2005
Fabbri, Anne, “New York, New York”, Art Matters, June 2005
Wei, Lilly, “Geometry Reloaded”, NY Arts Magazine, May-June 2005
Foss, David, “Philly Arts in Cyberspace”, Inferno Magazine, Millville, NJ, May-June, 2005
Newhall, Edith, “Creative styles of their own”, Philadelphia Inquirer, 26 May 2005
Rosof, Libby, "Philadelphia to New York", artblog, April 06, 2005
"Vincent Romaniello: Outside The City Walls ", Video Portrait, Romanblog
Part 1
2004
Rosof, Libby, "Gift of giving", artblog, December 27, 2004
Soblove, Ricki, “360 Degrees of Unity”, Alternative Central, Harrisburg, PA, September 2004
Lewis, Zachary, “Art to bring you full circle”, The Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA, July 2004
“Inner Circles and Alexander Calder", Alternative Central, Harrisburg, PA, May 2004
“Modern art comes full circle” The Keystone, Kutztown, PA, February 2004
2003
Strauss, R. B., Around Philly, February 2003
2002
Bowland, Andrea, “A True Artist”, Around Philly, 29 April 2002
2001
Kravetz, Deborah, “New Images and second viewings”, Art Matters, July 2001
Strauss, R. B., “Painting the Picture”, Around Philly, 5 June 2001
Donohoe, Victoria, “Show Reflects Communities Transitory Nature”, Philadelphia Inquirer, 15 April 2001
“BCCC Artmobile Tour”, Doylestown Patriot News, January 2001
2000
“Simply The Best”, New Hope Gazette, September 2000
“Masterpiece Shows Keystone Artists”, Beacon, Hunderton County PA, August 2000
1998
Endick, Kenneth J., “Art flows free at Allentown Museum”, The Express Times, 20 February 1998
Gehman, Geoff, “Hungry for Art?”, The Morning Call, Allentown PA, 25 January 1998
1996
Sozanski, Edward, “Art In PA”, Philadelphia Inquirer, 23 August 1996
Donohoe, Victoria, “Exhibit boosts Harrisburg’s cultural scene”, Philadelphia Inquirer, 18 August 1996
Hudson, June, “He ‘sacrifices’ in art and wins”, Haverford News, 7 August 1996
Wilkinson, Sharron, “Collaborative Artists on the Internet” Art Calendar, Upper Fairmount, MD, May 1996
Donohoe, Victoria, “Neighbors Column”, Philadelphia Inquirer, 12 April 1996
1995
“Exhibition-ists” Art Matters, December/January 1995
1994
Schroeder, Tracy, “Guest Artists Enliven AAC Galleries”, Academy Publications, San Francisco, CA, 14 February 1994
1993
Costa, Robert “White Male Rage” Cover Magazine, NYC, Summer 1993
“Art Imitates Marketing” Wall Street Journal, Chicopee, MA, 13 May 1993
Johnson, Richard, “Backlash to Affirmative Action”, Daily News, New York, NY, 7 April 1993
1978
Baker, John, “Bits of History Dedicated”, The Atlantic City Press, 9 September 1978 |
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Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2005
The Urban Canvas, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Westminster Seminary, Glenside, PA
2003
Terra Spirtius, Parallels Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995
Five Year Survey, Markheim Art Center, Haddonfield, NJ
1994
Old World, New Dreams, The Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
Two-Person
2004
Artworks Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
with David Foss
Thomas Properties, Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA
with David Foss
1996
Classical Duet, Leslie Eadeh Gallery, Devon, PA
with Giuseppe Riviera
Group
2006
Order(ed), Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA
allTURNatives: Form + Spirit, ITE resident artist show, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Engaging the Structural, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Works On Paper, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ
Luminosity, Art In City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Inner Circles, The Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown, PA and The Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Traveling exhibition
Annual Invitational Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
New Talent, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003
Journey Within, Susquehanna Art Museum, Morrison Gallery, Penn State University, Harrisburg, PA
2002
Nature Reined, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Critic’s Choice, Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA
Critic-In-Residence: Gerrit Henry
2001
Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
Introductions, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Art For Artists’ Sake, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2000
Impact Africa, Artmobile, Bucks County, PA,
Traveling Exhibition
Curator: Lori Verderame
From Realism to Non-Objectivity, Furlong Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin–Stout, Menomonie, WI
The Changing Landscape, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
1999
Pedestrian Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
1998
Works on Paper, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
1997
24th Biennial, Allentown Museum, Allentown, PA
1995
In The Italian Tradition, Leslie Eadeh Gallery, Devon, PA
1994
Small Works, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993
Small Works, Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY
White Male Rage, PDG Gallery, New York, NY
Issues of Identity, Marymount University, New York, NY
1992
The 1.5 Show, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY
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Collections
Coventry Corporation, Fort Washington, PA
Park Hyatt Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Westminster Theological Seminary, Glenside, PA
St. Ignatius Loyola, Buchanan Valley, PA
Private collections nationally and internationally |
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